Price: $125.00
SKU: 95654
ARTIST: Jacques Bellin
PUBLISHER: Published by Jean Francois de La Harpe, Paris.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: c. 1757
EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 3/4 x 5 7/8" (19.8 x 14.9 cm) plus margins
DESCRIPTION: Bellin’s detailed small map of South America, published in Prevost’s Histoire Generale des Voyages, reflects the precision and artistry that defined eighteenth-century French cartography. Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703–1772), one of the era’s most prolific mapmakers, served as the first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine and Official Hydrographer to the French King, producing an extraordinary body of work that advanced the accuracy and elegance of maritime mapping. Manuscript number in lower margin "No. 286"
ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 8 x 11 inch archival mylar for handling.
CONDITION: Good condition. B/W
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